Channel



March 20, 1934.

J. s. REID CHANNEL Filed Sept. 18

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES CHANNEL James 8. Reid, Shaker Heights, Ohio, minor to The Reid Products Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application September 18, 1930, Serial No. 482,759 6 Claims. (01. 29644.5)

The invention disclosed in this application reshaped spring metal core or member is encased in a a felt or other similar covering. These channels are usually arranged in the window grooves provided in the frame or the like and edge portions of the felt are presented along the edge of the glass and next to the' -gamishing strips. These felt portions fade and become unsightly.

In most of the prior glass run channels the core has been completely made of spring steel or the like bent into U-form in cross section and covered upon the inside and out with a felt or fabric covering. Such channels are expensive to produce in that the amount of felt and springmaterial increases the cost.

In view of the foregoing, it-is the object of this invention to provide these channels with a finishing strip of aluminum, brass, or the like, along the edges of their flanges so that the felt or other padded lips are covered and a sightly finish is produced adjacent the glass and next to the garnishing strips.

Another object of the invention is to build up a channel comprising a back of relatively stiff material and of a relatively inexpensive grade and comiect to this strip a backing pad and side flanges of spring material, each provided with a combined lip pad and metal or other similar finishing strip.

.Other features of the invention will be brought out in the following description, drawing and claims.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. l is a perspective view of a piece of channel constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is a view with parts disassembled; and Fig. 3 is a view of a piece of the fabricated stock as it appears before it is formed into U-shape channel.

In the embodiment shown, 1 represents abacking strip of relatively stiff inexpensive metal having each of its edges bent'over upon itself in open at 6', extending in from one edge. Each of these T slots has a cross portion, indicated at '7. All of these cross portions 7 extend longitudinally of h the side members. Engaging the slotted edge of each of these side members'is a finishing strip 8 substantially tubular in cross section and cut Gil away to provide circumferentially extending tongues 9 adapted to pass through the cross por-. tions '7 of the T shaped slots to form an interlock between the side member and the finishing strip. The edges of the tongues longitudinally of the strip and the other edge of the same strip are spaced apart to receive a lip pad 10 which may be of any material which'is rope-like in character. The lip pad may be secured inplace in any suitable manner, as by sliding it between the edges of the finishing strip or by compressing the finishing strip into it.

The several parts are assembled in flat arrange ment into channel stock, as shown in Fig. 3, and thereafter formed into U-shape, as showninFig. l.

' The finishing strips 8 may be of aluminum or other plated metal which may be given a polish and which will cover up or hide the felt at the junction between the garnishing strips and the pane of glass.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A glass run channel, comprising a generally channel shaped glass-receiving structure having a base and a pair of side flanges extending outwardly therefrom, finishing means for the outer edge portion of each of said side flanges, said finishing means being interlocked with said side flanges, and glass-engaging cushioning means carried by each of said finishing means.

2. A glass run channel, comprising a generally channel shaped glass-receiving structure having a base and a pair of side flanges extending outwardly therefrom, finishing means for the outer edge portion of each of said side flanges, said finishing means being detachably interlocked with said side flanges, and glass-engaging cushioning means carried by each of said finishing means. 1

3. A glass run channel, comprising a generally channel shaped glass-receiving structure having 100 a base and a pair of side flanges extending outwardly therefrom, finishing means for the outer edge portion of each of said side flanges, said finishing means being interlocked with said side flanges by the use of cooperating tongues and 105' grooves, and glass-engaging cushioning means carried by each of said finishing means.

i. A glass run channel, comprising a generally channel shaped glass-receiving structure having a base and a pair of side flanges extending outmy wardly therefrom, finishing means for the outer edge portion of each of said side flanges, said finishing means being interlocked with said side flanges by the use of cooperating tongues and slots, said slots being provided in said finishing means and said tongues being parts or said side flanges, and glass-engaging cushioning means carried by each of said finishing means.

5. A glass run channel, comprising a generally channel shaped glass-receiving structure having a base and a pair of side flanges extending outwardly therefrom, finishing means for the outer edge portion of each of said side flanges, said finishing means being interlocked with said side flanges by the use of cooperating tongues and slots, said slots being provided in said finishing means and said tongues being parts of said side flanges, and glass-engaging cushioning means carried by each at said finishing means, said tongues being so constructed and arranged as to also serve as stop means for the glass-engaging cushioning means carried by said finishing means.

6. A glass run channel, comprising a generally channel shaped glass-receiving structure having a resilient metal base and a pair of resilient metal side flanges extending outwardly therefrom, said base being provided with longitudinally disposed hook-shaped side edge portions for interlocking engagement with hook-shaped inner side edge portions of said side flanges, finishing means associated with the outer edge portion of each of said side flanges, and glass-engaging cushioning means carried by each of said finishing means.

JAMES S. RED. 

